becauseיַעַן אֲשֶׁרthey have doneעָשׂוּan outrageנְבָלָהin Israel,בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלand they have committed adulteryוַיְנַאֲפוּwith the wivesאֶת נְשֵׁיof their neighbors,רֵעֵיהֶםand they have spokenוַיְדַבְּרוּa wordדָבָרin my name,בִּשְׁמִיfalsehood,שֶׁקֶרwhichאֲשֶׁרI did notלוֹאcommand them;צִוִּיתִםand Iוְאָנֹכִיam the one who knows,הַיּוֹדֵעַand a witness,וָעֵדdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.”יְהוָה
Jeremiah 29:23
Study it in the app“because they have done an outrage in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbors, and they have spoken a word in my name, falsehood, which I did not command them; and I am the one who knows, and a witness, declares YHWH.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 29:23, word by word
- they have doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- an outrageנְבָלָהnevala
outrage, folly
Outrage, disgraceful folly: a shameful act that gravely offends the whole community.
Where else “nevala” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and they have committed adulteryיְנַאֲפוּyenaafu
commit adultery
To sleep with another's spouse.
Where else “yenaafu” appears- with the wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- of their neighborsרֵעֵיree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- and they have spokenיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- a wordדָבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- in my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- falsehoodשֶׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- command themצִוִּיתִtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- am the one who knowsיּוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- and a witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
22And from them a curse will be taken up by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘May YHWH make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,’
23 · This verse (above)
24And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying: